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enFamily's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown Soldierhttp://wesa.fm/post/pentagon-identifies-world-war-ii-veteran-featured-nprpropublica-investigation
The remains of a World War II soldier who died in a prisoner of war camp in the Philippines — and the subject of a joint <a href="http://apps.npr.org/grave-science/">NPR</a>/<a href="http://www.propublica.org/article/missing-in-action-us-military-slow-to-identify-service-members">ProPublica</a> investigation last year — have been identified as Pvt. Arthur "Bud" Kelder. His identification came after a long legal battle between his family and the Pentagon.<p>Kelder, who enlisted in the Army in 1941, served as a dental assistant in Manila, and then ended up on the Bataan Peninsula.Tue, 27 Jan 2015 10:18:00 +0000Kelly McEvers42441 at http://wesa.fmFamily's Long Fight With Pentagon Returns Name To Unknown SoldierSaudi King Abdullah, Who Laid Foundation For Reform, Dieshttp://wesa.fm/post/saudi-king-abdullah-who-laid-foundation-reform-dies
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud of Saudi Arabia has died. He was 90 and had been hospitalized for a lung infection.<p>Abdullah was born before Saudi Arabia was even a country. It was the early 1920s, and his father, Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, set out to conquer the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula.Fri, 23 Jan 2015 00:40:00 +0000Kelly McEvers42281 at http://wesa.fmSaudi King Abdullah, Who Laid Foundation For Reform, DiesAnother Shooting Puts Albuquerque Police Back In The Spotlighthttp://wesa.fm/post/another-shooting-puts-albuquerque-police-back-spotlight
On Tuesday night, officers shot and killed a suspect who they say fired at them. Earlier this week, the county district attorney said she would seek murder charges against two other officers in the shooting of a homeless man last year. <div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR.Wed, 14 Jan 2015 21:51:00 +0000Kelly McEvers41864 at http://wesa.fmOne Village's Story: How Ebola Began And How It Endshttp://wesa.fm/post/one-villages-story-how-ebola-began-and-how-it-ends
There's a clearing in the jungle in central Liberia that now serves as an Ebola burial ground. Every day, a woman who works as a nurse in the nearby Ebola treatment unit, or ETU, changes from her scrubs into traditional dress, walks into that clearing and sings a song of mourning.<p>The song is meant to prepare the space for the dead. There is a burial every day. So far, nearly 100 people have been buried in this clearing.Tue, 02 Dec 2014 22:31:00 +0000Kelly McEvers39689 at http://wesa.fmOne Village's Story: How Ebola Began And How It EndsCampaign Rallies Resume In Liberia, Raising Uncertainty Over Ebola Riskhttp://wesa.fm/post/campaign-rallies-resume-liberia-raising-uncertainty-over-ebola-risk
In Liberia, the number of new cases of Ebola is going down, but the risk has not been eliminated. To help contain the disease, schools are set to be closed until March.<p>But a national Senate election, which was postponed once, is now set for mid-December. That means campaigning — which means crowds.<p>Back in August and September, when a hundred people were getting Ebola a day, Monrovia was a ghost town. Ebola treatment units were full and regular hospitals were closed. Some people died in the streets.Sun, 30 Nov 2014 22:29:00 +0000Kelly McEvers39578 at http://wesa.fmCampaign Rallies Resume In Liberia, Raising Uncertainty Over Ebola RiskEbola Is Changing Course In Liberia. Will The U.S. Military Adapt?http://wesa.fm/post/ebola-changing-course-liberia-will-us-military-adapt
The Ebola outbreak started in rural areas, but by June it had reached Liberia's capital, Monrovia.<p>By August, the number of people contracting the Ebola virus in the country was doubling every week. The Liberian government and aid workers begged for help.<p>Enter the U.S. military, who along with other U.S. agencies had a clear plan in mid-September to build more Ebola treatment units, or ETUs. At least one would be built in the major town of each of Liberia's 15 counties.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 22:59:00 +0000Kelly McEvers39395 at http://wesa.fmEbola Is Changing Course In Liberia. Will The U.S. Military Adapt?As Ebola Pingpongs In Liberia, Cases Disappear Into The Junglehttp://wesa.fm/post/ebola-ping-pongs-liberia-cases-disappear-jungle
There's a new phase of Ebola in Liberia. Epidemiologists call it pingponging.<p>Back in March, the disease was found in the rural areas. Then as people came to the capital to seek care, it started growing exponentially there. Now, some sick people are going back to their villages, and the disease has pingponged to the rural areas again.<p>So that's where we're headed — into the hot, thick jungle of Liberia to investigate a new Ebola hotspot.<p>Our day with the team of Ebola investigators starts at 3 a.m.Tue, 25 Nov 2014 08:51:00 +0000Kelly McEvers39348 at http://wesa.fmAs Ebola Pingpongs In Liberia, Cases Disappear Into The JungleEbola Gatekeeper: 'When The Tears Stop, You Continue The Work'http://wesa.fm/post/ebola-gatekeeper-when-tears-stop-you-continue-work
Wencke Petersen came to Liberia in late August to do what she normally does for Doctors Without Borders in hotspots all over the world — manage supplies.<p>But the supplies she was meant to organize hadn't arrived yet. So she was asked to help with another job: standing at the main gate of the walled-in compound, turning people away when the unit was full.<p>For five weeks, she gave people the bad news.<p>Petersen says there are some people she will never forget — like the man who sat in the rain all day, waiting. "We had no space — he just asked for a place to lie down," she says.Sun, 23 Nov 2014 23:25:00 +0000Kelly McEvers39287 at http://wesa.fmEbola Gatekeeper: 'When The Tears Stop, You Continue The Work'Is 'Leaning In' The Only Formula For Women's Success In Science?http://wesa.fm/post/leaning-only-formula-womens-success-science
Don't wait to be invited or encouraged to make a career in science, engineering or technology, <a href="http://www.che.caltech.edu/faculty/arnold_f/">Frances Arnold</a> advises the young women she teaches at the California Institute of Technology. If you're a scientist, she says, you should know how to solve a problem.<p>"Bemoaning your fate is not going to solve the problem," she says.Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:45:00 +0000Kelly McEvers37858 at http://wesa.fmIs 'Leaning In' The Only Formula For Women's Success In Science?Islamic State Beheads British Aid Worker, Makes New Threathttp://wesa.fm/post/islamic-state-beheads-british-aid-worker-makes-new-threat
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Islamic+State+Beheads+British+Aid+Worker%2C+Makes+New+Threat&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAwMzY5MzE4MDEzMTE3ODg5NDA4ZjRiNg004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: <p>This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. People who call themselves the Islamic State have released a video showing them killing a British man.Sat, 04 Oct 2014 11:57:00 +0000Kelly McEvers36791 at http://wesa.fmWhere Activists See Gray, Albuquerque Police See Black And Whitehttp://wesa.fm/post/albuquerque-police-department-faces-federal-and-public-scrutiny
To understand the tension between the cops and some people in Albuquerque, you have to go back to a Tuesday in April.<p>It was after the Justice Department had accused the Albuquerque police of engaging in a pattern of excessive force. In March, a homeless camper named James Boyd was shot and killed. Then a 19-year-old woman was killed.<p>Music teacher Caro Acuna Olvera was eating dinner when a friend called her with the news.<p>"She was like, 'Caro, Facebook is blowing up, do you know what's happening? ... They killed Mary!' And I was like, 'Who?Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:59:00 +0000Kelly McEvers36591 at http://wesa.fmWhere Activists See Gray, Albuquerque Police See Black And WhiteAfter Factory Layoffs, Struggling To Stay On The Economic Ladderhttp://wesa.fm/post/after-factory-layoffs-struggling-stay-economic-ladder
Lynn Eldredge has worked hard for the past three decades. But somehow, it's still not quite enough.<p>Eldredge started his working life in the Air Force, and eventually found a steady job in a factory in Kansas. But then, in 2000, he was laid off — and has had six different jobs since then.<p>Over the past several decades in the U.S., wages have stayed flat or even gone down, while the cost of living has gone up.Mon, 11 Aug 2014 21:29:00 +0000Kelly McEvers34127 at http://wesa.fmAfter Factory Layoffs, Struggling To Stay On The Economic LadderTommy Ramone, Co-Founder Of The Ramones, Dies At 65http://wesa.fm/post/tommy-ramone-co-founder-ramones-dies-65
Tommy Ramone, born Tom Erdelyi, has died at age 65. The drummer was the last living member of the legendary punk band he helped create.Sat, 12 Jul 2014 20:54:00 +0000Kelly McEvers32522 at http://wesa.fmOn Calif. Cattle Ranch, Students Wrangle With Meaning Of Manhoodhttp://wesa.fm/post/calif-cattle-ranch-students-wrangle-meaning-manhood
<em>For </em>All Things Considered<em>'s </em>"<a href="http://www.npr.org/series/323986426/men-in-america">Men in America</a>"<em> series, NPR's Kelly McEvers sent this report on Deep Springs College — the all-male college that her husband attended, and where he and McEvers have both taught. </em><p>About a hundred years ago, a man named L.L. Nunn was building power plants in the American West.Wed, 09 Jul 2014 21:52:00 +0000Kelly McEvers32349 at http://wesa.fmPentagon Decides To Dig Up Remains Of Long-Lost Soldierhttp://wesa.fm/post/pentagon-decides-dig-remains-long-lost-soldier
After years of refusing to act, the U.S. military has decided to disinter the possible grave of Pvt. Arthur "Bud" Kelder, a POW from World War II who is buried anonymously in an American war cemetery in the Philippines.<p>Military officials also plan to disinter the remains of 10 other men in the same unmarked grave, says Navy Cmdr. Amy Derrick-Frost, a Defense Department spokeswoman.Tue, 01 Jul 2014 19:52:00 +0000Kelly McEvers31895 at http://wesa.fmAre Life Spans Getting Longer? It Depends On How Wealthy You Arehttp://wesa.fm/post/are-life-spans-getting-longer-it-depends-how-wealthy-you-are
While life expectancies are getting longer for those who are well off, life spans for poor women are actually getting shorter. The stories of two women, from two very different places, illustrate the reasons for the gap. <div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR.Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:07:00 +0000Kelly McEvers31433 at http://wesa.fm17 Primary Candidates Vie For Rep. Henry Waxman's Seathttp://wesa.fm/post/17-primary-candidates-vie-rep-henry-waxmans-seat
When the Democrat from Southern California announced his retirement earlier this year, he opened up a seat that had been occupied for decades. The top-two vote getters will face off in November.Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:11:00 +0000Kelly McEvers30221 at http://wesa.fmAlbuquerque Police Face Federal Scrutiny, Local Outragehttp://wesa.fm/post/albuquerque-police-face-federal-scrutiny-local-outrage
Kenneth Ellis III was shot and killed by police in a 7-Eleven parking lot in Albuquerque, N.M.<p>He is among the dozens of people local police have shot over the last four years, 25 of whom have died. The U.S.Thu, 22 May 2014 07:31:00 +0000Kelly McEvers29649 at http://wesa.fmAlbuquerque Police Face Federal Scrutiny, Local OutrageSpouses Of H1B Visa Holders May Soon Be Able To Hold U.S. Jobshttp://wesa.fm/post/spouses-h1b-visa-holders-may-now-hold-jobs-us
Transcript <p>RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: <p>With immigration reform a non-starter in Congress, those advocating reform have been urging the Obama administration to make changes on its own. And the first of those changes was announced this week. It involves the guest visa program known as H1B that allows highly skilled professionals from other countries to come to work in the U.S. The change would allow nearly 100,000 spouses of H1B visa holders to work as well. NPR's Kelly McEvers has the story.<p>KELLY MCEVERS, BYLINE: Back in India, Priyancka More got a management degree and an MBA.Thu, 08 May 2014 09:15:00 +0000Kelly McEvers28873 at http://wesa.fmHoping To Slim POW-MIA Bureaucracy, Hagel Makes One Out Of Twohttp://wesa.fm/post/hoping-slim-pow-mia-bureaucracy-hagel-makes-one-out-two
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced the creation of a new defense agency charged with merging the multiple divisions currently responsible for finding and identifying the more than 80,000 members missing from past conflicts. A five-month investigation by NPR and the independent news agency ProPublica had found the U.S. recovery effort to be slow, inefficient and stymied by outdated methods. <div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR.Mon, 31 Mar 2014 20:37:00 +0000Kelly McEvers26779 at http://wesa.fmDwindling Middle Class Has Repercussions For Small Townshttp://wesa.fm/post/reinventing-dwindling-middle-class-may-take-revolution
My parents moved away from Lincoln, Ill., two decades ago, when I was in college. I hardly ever get back there. But my mom still works in Lincoln, and it was to Lincoln I headed to meet her this fall, after returning to the U.S. from the Middle East.<p>I got off the train from Chicago and immediately saw that the old depot building — where we used to go for fancy dinners before prom — was shuttered. A little monument commemorating the day Abraham Lincoln named the town in 1853 was faded and peeling. There was a man asleep on a bench at the train stop.Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:04:00 +0000Kelly McEvers19650 at http://wesa.fmDwindling Middle Class Has Repercussions For Small TownsIn Iraq, Laying Claim To The Kebabhttp://wesa.fm/post/iraq-laying-claim-kebab
When you hear the word "kebab" in America, you might think of skewers with chunks of chicken or beef and vegetables, marinated and grilled on coals or gas. But say "kebab" in the Middle East, and it means a lot of things — chunks of lamb or liver on skewers, or the more popular version of grilled ground meat logs found in Turkey, Iran and much of the Arab world.<p>If you spend enough time in the Middle East, you learn it can be hard to pinpoint the origins of things. Everybody claims to have invented hummus, flatbread and even yogurt.Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:16:00 +0000Kelly McEvers14812 at http://wesa.fmIn Iraq, Laying Claim To The KebabAl-Jazeera Under Fire For Its Coverage Of Egypthttp://wesa.fm/post/al-jazeera-under-fire-its-coverage-egypt
<p>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=indIpXbtOUU</p>Thu, 18 Jul 2013 07:19:00 +0000Kelly McEvers13314 at http://wesa.fmAl-Jazeera Under Fire For Its Coverage Of EgyptRamadan Takes Political Tinge In Egypthttp://wesa.fm/post/ramadan-takes-political-tinge-egypt
Transcript <p>SCOTT SIMON, HOST: <p>It's the holy month of Ramadan, usually a time of reflection, prayer and solidarity with fellow Muslims. But this Ramadan, Egypt is divided. The ouster of former president, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood earlier this month and his current detention by Egyptian security forces, has polarized the country.Sat, 13 Jul 2013 11:16:00 +0000Kelly McEvers13054 at http://wesa.fmSyrian Conflict Continues Violent Spillover Into Lebanonhttp://wesa.fm/post/syrian-conflict-continues-violent-spillover-lebanon
Transcript <p>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: <p>A bomb placed in a parked car caused a massive explosion in Beirut today that injured dozens of people. Later, a Syrian rebel group claimed responsibility for the blast.<p>NPR's Kelly McEvers was at the scene of the attack. She sent this report on how the Syrian conflict is spilling over into Lebanon.<p>KELLY MCEVERS, BYLINE: The group that claimed responsibility for the blast is a branch of the Free Syrian Army that calls itself Division 313.Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:54:00 +0000Kelly McEvers12819 at http://wesa.fmWar Correspondent's Unflinching 'Diary Of A Bad Year'http://wesa.fm/post/war-correspondents-unflinching-diary-very-bad-year
<em>NPR's Kelly McEvers struggled with intense, unexpected emotions during the Arab Spring, when friends were being kidnapped and worse. It made her wonder, why do otherwise intelligent people risk their lives to report on conflicts?</em><p>In early 2011, I started seeing things in slow motion. I cried unpredictably. It was the time of the Arab uprisings. Colleagues and friends were getting kidnapped. Some were getting killed.<p>But still, I went toward the story. The next year, 2012 was one of the deadliest years on record for journalists.Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:05:00 +0000Kelly McEvers12303 at http://wesa.fmWar Correspondent's Unflinching 'Diary Of A Bad Year'Dozens Dead After Clashes With Radical Cleric In Lebanonhttp://wesa.fm/post/dozens-dead-after-clashes-radical-cleric-lebanon
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Dozens+Dead+After+Clashes+With+Radical+Cleric+In+Lebanon&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDEwMTk5OTQ0MDEzNDkxMDYyMDQ2MjdiMw004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: <p>You're listening to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.<p>Calm has been restored in southern Lebanon for now. Clashes between the army and followers of a radical Sunni cleric have left dozens dead over the past two days.Tue, 25 Jun 2013 22:05:00 +0000Kelly McEvers12095 at http://wesa.fmA Close-Up Of Syria's Alawites, Loyalists Of A Troubled Regimehttp://wesa.fm/post/close-syrias-alawites-loyalists-troubled-regime
The film on Syria's Alawite community isn't finished yet, but filmmaker Nidal Hassan's favorite scenes are beginning to take shape.<p>It opens with fireworks on New Year's Eve in Tartous, Syria. "May God preserve the president for us," one young man yells in a reference to Syrian leader Bashar Assad.<p>Situated on the Mediterranean coast, Tartous is a resort town, with a port and a Russian naval base. Roughly three-quarters of the people in Tartous are Alawites, like Assad and his late father, who have run the country for more than 40 years.Mon, 08 Apr 2013 19:20:00 +0000Kelly McEvers7485 at http://wesa.fmA Close-Up Of Syria's Alawites, Loyalists Of A Troubled RegimeMembers Of Assad's Sect Break Ranks With Syrian Regimehttp://wesa.fm/post/syria-some-ruling-minority-alawites-take-risky-stand-against-regime
The Alawites of Syria were a poor, little-known Shiite minority until longtime dictator Hafez Assad, a member of the sect, rose to power in 1970. His son, President Bashar Assad, is now fighting to maintain that power in a country that has risen up against him. Now, even some Syrian Alawites say they are willing to denounce the regime, despite the risks.<p>A recent gathering in Cairo was much like other conferences hosted by the Syrian opposition — a flurry of activity in the hotel lobby, late-night conversations and lots of cigarettes.<p>But this one was different.Tue, 02 Apr 2013 21:03:00 +0000Kelly McEvers7204 at http://wesa.fmMembers Of Assad's Sect Break Ranks With Syrian RegimeRevisiting Iraq: A Sister On The Edgehttp://wesa.fm/post/revisiting-iraq-sister-edge
<em>It's been 10 years since the U.S. invaded Iraq. This week we're taking a look back, revisiting voices you first heard on NPR in 2007. We brought you the story of two sisters who had lost their parents. The older sister wore conservative clothes and recited poetry. The younger sister, just 13 at the time, appeared on the verge of becoming a prostitute.</em><p>Like so many stories in Iraq, especially sensitive ones involving shame and sex, this story has to be peeled away in layers, like an onion.<p>It starts with the older sister, Shahad.Fri, 22 Mar 2013 06:58:00 +0000Kelly McEvers5072 at http://wesa.fm